Swedish Man Builds Flying Chair With Eight Rotors

Flying Chair

Eight engines, less than a gallon of fuel, and the ability to carry a person into the wobbly reaches of just above the ground.Screenshot by author, from YouTube

This flying machine can’t properly be called a drone, as the pilot sits inside the vehicle. Yet the eight small rotors, the simple open-air construction, and vertical takeoff all make it seem drone-inspired. The Swedish maker behind the “amazingdiyprojects” Youtube channel built himself an eight-engined platform that flies. Like this:

We've seen other multicopters built to carry people, like this barely functional one with 16 rotors, or this more stable one with 54 rotors. How does this DIY flying chair get by with just 8? Those other people-carrying multicopters used electric engines, which are simple and relatively weak. This flying chair, instead, uses combustion engines. They're loud, efficient, and powerful, creating an impressive flying cacophony.